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UN court convicts Bagosora of genocide

By Barney Jopson in Nairobi and Reuters

Published: December 18 2008 08:59 | Last updated: December 18 2008 10:31

A UN court convicted former army colonel Theoneste Bagosora on Thursday of genocide in Rwanda in 1994 and sentenced him to jail for life.

The decision represents the first time the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda, based in Tanzania, has convicted anyone of organising the killings.

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